Burst is a revolutionary cryptocurrency using a unique consensus algorithm called Proof of Capacity. This allows the mining process to shed exorbitantly priced hardware, extreme electricity consumption, and massive amounts of generated heat, while further decentralizing the blockchain by enabling anyone with extra disk space to participate with almost no performance degradation to their machine. By precomputing nonces once and storing them on hard drives each nonce can later be recalled in the mining process.

Burst was the first cryptocurrency to implement turing complete smart contracts and also boasts integrated, escrow services, crowdfunding, messages, and a decentralized asset exchange and marketplace.